单词 | fordry |
释义 | † fordryv. Obsolete. intransitive. To dry up. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > dryness > become dry [verb (intransitive)] > become dry or wither sear?c890 wizenc890 fordrya1000 asearc1000 witherc1400 withera1500 a1000 Boeth. Metr. xx. 207 Hio wære fordrugod to duste. c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 78 & te grene bohes beoð fordruhede. a1350 Leben Jesu 596 Ase a luþur braunche, and fur druyt. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. xiii. 914 Apium of emoroydes haþ þat name for pouder þerof yleyd þerto fordryeþ þe bledynge. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Tollem. MS.) (1495) ix. vi Þe sonne..ripeþ frutes and flouris..and fordrieþ and wasteþ superfluiteis. 1413 Pilgr. Sowle (1483) iii. iii. 51 Some of them were all fordryed and lene. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ccxxvii. f. xlix The Ryuer of Trent was so fordryed..yt men went ouer drye. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2019). > as lemmasfor-dry for-dry adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [adjective] > very bone?a1300 for-drya1386 bone-dryc1480 siticulous1620 chippy1850 powder-dry1934 straw-dry1951 a1386 G. Chaucer Squire's Tale 401 Amidde a tree fordrye, as whyt as chalk..Ther sat a faucon. < as lemmas |
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